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The Character of Bharata Mahārāja
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TEXT 30
इत्येवं निगूढनिर्वेदो विसृज्य मृगीं मातरं पुनर्भगव- त्क्षेत्रमुपशमशीलमुनिगणदयितं शालग्रामं पुलस्त्यपुलहाश्रमं कालज्जरात्प्रत्या- जगाम ॥३०॥
ity evam nigūḍha-nirvedo visṛjya mṛgīm mātaram punar bhagavat- kṣetram upaśama-śīla-muni-gaṇa-dayitam śālagrāmam pulastya- pulahāśramam kālañjarāt pratyājagāma.
iti—thus; evam—in this way; nigūḍha—hidden; nirvedaḥ—com- pletely unattached to material activities; visṛjya—giving up; mṛgīm— the deer; mātaram—its mother; punaḥ—again; bhagavat-kṣetram—the place where the Supreme Lord is worshiped; upaśama-śīla—completely detached from all material attachments; muni-gaṇa-dayitam—which is dear to the great saintly residents; śālagrāmam—the village known as Śālagrāma; pulastya-pulaha-āśramam—to the āśrama conducted by such great sages as Pulastya and Pulaha; kālañjarāt—from the Kālañjara Mountain, where he had taken his birth in the womb of a deer; pratyā- jagāma—he came back.
TRANSLATION
Although Bharata Mahārāja received the body of a deer, by con- stant repentance he became completely detached from all material things. He did not disclose these things to anyone, but he left his mother deer in a place known as Kālañjara Mountain, where he was born. He again went to the forest of Śālagrāma and to the āśrama of Pulastya and Pulaha.
PURPORT
It is significant that Mahārāja Bharata, by the grace of Vāsudeva, remembered his past life. He did not waste a moment: he returned to Pulaha-āśrama to the village known as Śālagrāma. Association is very meaningful; therefore ISKCON tries to perfect one who enters the society. The members of this society should always remember that the society is not like a free hotel. All the members should be very careful to